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he seen resting- in the matrix in a vei'tical position. Now, 

 if such a boulder were dropped from an iceberg, we might 

 expect it to remain in an upriglit position in the soft clay, 

 but if so, we should certainly expect t(^ find the clay indented 

 beneath it. Of this, there is not the sliglitest indication. 



A little fnrthei- up the Creek another section is exposed. 

 Here our till-like deposit )-ests on massive sandstone, but we 

 were unable to remove sufficient of the former in order to 

 expose the surface beneath. At one point, however, a 

 somewhat remarkable feature occurs. In the sandstone is 

 an oblique gap about four oi- five feet deep, as if a block had 

 been torn out. This cavity is filled with the overlying 

 material, and two or three flattened and striated stones rest 

 on its lo\ver side (not bottom). It is difficult to conceive 

 how icebergs could have deposited stones in this manner, 

 while on the other hand it is readily explained on the glacier 

 theor^^ 



The locality between this ])lace and the large quai-ry, 

 about two miles further down the Creek, we have not yet 

 examined. Between this quarry, situated on the north side 

 of the Koi'kuperrimul, and the bridge on the Ballarat Road, 

 the valley in which the Creek flows follows approximately 

 the axis of what has once been an anticlinal fold of the 

 Triassic sandstones. Opposite the lai-ge quarry, the valley 

 is a little to the light of this axis. Between this large 

 quarry and the Creek, striated stones are numerous. A 

 small lateral gully exposes sections. One of these shows a 

 somewhat loamy clay, in which ar-e irregularly imbedded 

 large angular fragments of sandstone, in ap[)earance very 

 like the underl3'ing rock. Large granite boulders, quartzite, 

 slate, quartz, and fragments of jasper also occur, many 

 showing flattened and striated surfaces. 



On the Creek opposite the quarry, a clifl" of about (iO feet 

 of the glacial dep )sit is exposed. It is very similar to that 

 desci-ibed on the Ballarat Road. It rests on sandstones, the 

 broken ends of vv^hich can be seen protruding from the base 

 of the deposit, which towai-ds the top, presents a somewhat 

 stratified appearance. On the opposite side of the Creek, 

 high clifls of basalt (newer) occur. This has evidently filled 

 up the valley at this place, probably covering the glacial 

 deposit and having since been denuded away to its ])resent 

 state. 



Several hundred yards further down tlie Creek, on the 

 right hand side, a section exposed shows a few feet of an 



